Automatic cue-chalker.



w. P. CLAYTON, J3.

AUTOMATIO GUE OHALKBR.

APPLICATION FILED we. 6, 190a.

Patented Jan. 5. 1909.

0., WASHINGTON, o, c.

WILLIAM F. CLAYTON, JR, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC CUE-GHALKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Tan. 5, 1909.

Application filed August 6, 1908. Serial No. 447,274.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. CLAYTON, J r., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Cue-Chalkers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This lnvention relates to an automatic cue chalker, and the object of my invention is to provide a novel chalking device that can be attached to a billiard or pool table, whereby a one can be easily and quickly chalked, without handling the piece of chalk.

My chalking device prevents the fingers of a player from being soiled by chalk, also prevents the chalk from being mashed upon a billiard or pool table, and at all times retains the chalk at a place where it can be easily found.

The mechanism used in connection with my chalking device is easily operated to thoroughly chalk the end of a cue, and the device is arranged whereby it cannot injure a billiard or 001 table and will not interfere with the -p ayers.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be presently described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a table provided with my chalking device, Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe chalking device detached from the table, Fig. 3 1s a plan of the same, and Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a metallic plateadapted to be secured to the under edge of the table 2 by screws or similar fastening means (not shown). The device is preferably located between two of the end legs of the table, and is positioned,

r as will hereinafter appear, whereby a cue can be inserted in the device and thoroughly chalked.

The plate 1 is bifurcated, as at 3, and supported in the bifurcation of said plate by a plurality of coil springs 4 is a tube 5, said tube having the upper end thereof contracted and provided with a funnel 6, while the lower end of said tube is exteriorly threaded for a cap 7, said cap having a central slot 8 formed therein. Within the tube 5 is arranged a circular head 9 and suitably secured to said head, preferably by rivets 10 is a resilient clasp 11 for holding a piece of chalk l2.

Interposed between the cap 7 and the circular head 9 is a coil spring 13, said spring having the ends thereof mounted in the cap 7 and the circular head 9, this spring normally maintaining the piece of chalk 12 at the contracted end of the tube 5.

Secured to the circular head 9 is a screw or twisted metallic strip 14, said strip extending through the slot 8 of the cap 7, said slot corresponding in shape to the cross section of said screw or twisted metallic strip let, whereby as the head 9 is moved towards the cap 7, said head will be rotated. By placing the one in the funnel-shaped end 6 of the tube 5 and forcing inwardly upon the piece of chalk 12, said piece of chalk is rotated to thoroughly chalk the cue, and

as the one is removed, the coil spring 13 returns the piece of chalk to its normal position. In resiliently supporting the tube 5 in the bifurcation 3 of the plate 1, said tube assumes a position convenient to the operator of the cue, allowing the cue to be withdrawn in a desired direction. By removing the cap 7, the contents of the tube 5 can be removed, and the chalk renewed when the same has become worn.

My chalking device is made of light and durable metal, and while in the drawings forming a part of this specification there is illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is obvious that the same can be varied or changed as to shape, proportion and manner of assemblage without departin from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A one chalking device comprising a bifurcated plate, an lnclined tube extending through the bifurcation of said plate, said tube having an upper funnel-shaped end, a series of upwardly extending inclined springs connected to said plate and to said tube, said springs extending above said plate and resiliently supporting said tube, a slotted cap detachably mounted upon the lower end of said tube, a spring-pressed head arranged within said tube, a resilient clasp carried by said head for holding a piece of chalk, and a twisted strip of metal carried by said head and extending through said slotted cap for imparting a rotary movement to said head When pressed to- Wards said cap.

2. A one chalking device comprising a bifurcated plate, an inclined tube extending through the bifurcation of said plate, said tube having an upper funnel-shaped end, a series of upwardly extending inclined springs connected to said plate and to said tube, said springs extending above said plate and resiliently supporting said tube, a cap detachably mounted upon the lower end of said tube, a spring-pressed head arranged Within said tube for supporting a piece of chalk, and means connected With said head and engaging said cap for imparting a rotary movement to said head when pressed towards said cap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. CLAYTON, JR. l/Vitnesses W. F. CLAYTON, H. T. LoURIMoRn. 

